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b. 1935 Spanish mezzo-soprano Berganza made her debut as Mozart’s Dorabella at Aix-en-Provence, and sang Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro) at Glyndebourne the next year. Her roles included Sesto (La clemenza di Tito, ‘Titus’ Clemency’), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and, later, Carmen, but she was most sought after for Rossini heroines. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities ...

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b. 1935, Spanish Combining a rich, sensual voice with a refined onstage presence, Herbert von Karajan called Berganza ‘the best mezzo-soprano in the world’. After studying at the Royal Conservatoire in Madrid, she made her operatic debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. This led to invitations from the world’s leading opera houses. A Rossini specialist, Berganza’s recitals ...

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(Rossini), Cherubino and Dorabella (Mozart) and Haydn’s Eurydice. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1996 as Despina in Così fan tutte. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Teresa Berganza | Contemporary | Classical ...